Awards
- [2024] Best Paper Award, ICMIP2024, Osaka, Japan (Presented by M. Mabrok)
- [2024] IJERPH 2021–2023 Outstanding Special Issue Award (Guest Editors: S. Kodera and E. A. Rashed)
- [2024] The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Science and Technology Award (Development Category) [Development of a system for predicting the number of new infectious disease cases and deaths] 令和6年度科学技術分野 文部科学大臣表彰を受賞 科学技術賞(開発部門)「新規感染症感染者数及び死者数予測システムの開発」
- [2022] Certificate of Silver Distinguished Reviewer from IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (IF2021=11.037)
- [2022] Co-authored paper is ranked as highly cited paper (top 1% of the academic field of Clinical Medicine) by Clarivate Web of Science. [As of November/December 2021, this Highly cited received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Clinical Medicine based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.]
- [2021] My paper is highlighted as Editor's Choice Articles, IJERPH, MDPI
- [2021] 2021 Faculty Award of Excellence, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan (Recipients: Hirata, Rashed, Kodera)「優秀賞」
- [2021] 2021 Applied Research Award, Suez Canal University, Egypt (جائزة افضل بحث تطبيقي)
- [2020] 2020 Faculty Award of Excellence, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan (Group award) 「優秀賞」
- [2020] Best Presentation Award, IEICE EST Workshop, Beppu, Japan「令和元年EST研究会優秀論文発表賞」
- [2019] Excellent Paper Award from EMC2019 Conference (5 papers are selected out of 169)
- [2019] Promoted to IEEE Senior Member
- [2019] EgyptInnovate ibTIECar2018 Award, Second Place in Emerging Technologies Track, Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC), Cairo, Egypt (For graduation project "FluoroTech" by my student Omar Abdelfattah)
- [2018] Best student paper Award, First Place, Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference (CIBEC'18) "Award to paper co-authored and presented by my Ph.D. student Mona Selim"
- [2018] Scientific Research Excellency Award, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, Apr. 2018 (جائزة التميز العلمي)
- [2017] Outstanding Reviewer, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control (Elsevier). "For being within the top 10th percentile of reviewers for the journal in terms of number of manuscripts reviews completed within the last two years"
- [2017] Best Graduation Project, Student Research Conference, Suez Canal University (second place, project supervisor)
- [2016] Outstanding Poster Award, SPIE Developments in X-ray Tomography X Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 29-31 Aug. 2016 "Paper Co-author"
- [2013] Best Presentation Award, The First Young Researchers Conference, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 6-7 Mar. 2013
- [2012] Best Presentation Award, The Japanese Society of Medical Imaging Technology (JAMIT), Japan, Aug. 2012 「奨励賞」
- [2010] Chairman Award, Department of Computer Science, University of Tsukuba, Japan, Mar. 2010
- [2010] Best Research Project, Program for Development of ICT Solution Architect, University of Tsukuba, Japan, Mar. 2010 「表彰状」
- [2007] Best Presentation Award, The Japanese Society of Medical Imaging Technology (JAMIT), Japan, Aug. 2008 「奨励賞」
- [1994-1998] Merit Fellowship, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt "Financial reward for top-class undergraduate students" (منحة التفوق العلمي)
Recognitions
- [2023] Invited Speaker for Research Seminar at Australian Catholic University (ACU), Australia (Oct. 10, 2023, Online).
- [2023] Invited Speaker at the Egypt-Japan Multidisciplinary Science Forum (18 Feb. 2023, Cairo, Egypt)
- [2022] Invited speaker at the 2nd International Conference on Medical Imaging Science and Technology (15-18 Nov. 2022, Shenzhen, China)
- [2021] Invited talk entitled "Human head models with deep learning enabled dielectric properties" is presented at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, 25 Feb. 2021 (online)
- [2020] Our AI-based prediction of COVID-19 positive cases in Tokyo and Aichi is highlighted by Chunichi newspaper (中日新聞) (online news)
- [2020] Associate Editor, IEEE Access
- [2019] Cover Story, IEEE Pulse, volume 10, issue July/August, 2019
- [2019] Our startup MedPredict is listed semifinal list (ideas track) at the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition
- [2019] Speaker at the ICGEB Course "Cancer bioinformatics: genomics and transcriptomics approach", Ismailia 5-7 Mar. 2019
- [2018] Invited Speaker, The First International Conference on Advanced Computer Communication and Informatics, Ismailia, Egypt, 12-13 May 2018
- [2018] Keynote Speaker, Fifth Young Researchers Conference (YRC2018), Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 7-8 Apr. 2018 (pic)
- [2014] Recognition Certificate, Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF). "For participation as a referee in the Arab Technology Business Plan Competition (TBPC)".
- [2016] Keynote Speaker, Third Young Researchers Conference (YRC2016), Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 7-8 May 2016
- [2015] International Publication Award, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 2014/2015 "For SCU staff who published research papers in International journals"
- [2013] Cover Story, Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (QIMS), volume 3, issue 3, 2013
- [2012] International Publication Award, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 2011/2012 "For SCU staff who published research papers in International journals"
- [2009] Distinguished Researcher Certificate, Egyptian Students Association in Japan (ESAJ), Tokyo, Japan, June 2009 "Award for ESAJ members with recognized contributions"
Committees
- Technical Program Committee Member, Novel Intelligent and Leading Emerging Sciences (NILES2023) , Giza, Egypt (21-23 Oct. 2023)
- Guest Editor, Special issue on "Models Analysis for SARS-CoV-2 Virus Transmission and Vaccination Rollout" for Vaccines (IF2021=4.961)
- Session Convener of URSI GASS 2023 (19-26 Aug. 2023, Sapporo, Japan)
- Technical Program Committee Member, The Second International Conference on Medical Imaging Science and Technology (MIST 2022), Shenzhen, China, Nov. 2022
- Technical Program Committee Member, The 11th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB 2022), Shenzhen, China, Nov. 2022
- Co-Chair, WG6, IEEE International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES) SC6, Jan. 2022
- Scientific Program Committee, The 8th International Conference On Advanced Machine Learning And Technologies And Applications (AMLTA2022)
- Guest Editor, Special issue on "COVID-19 and Environment: Impact of a Global Pandemic" for "International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health" (IF2020=3.390)
- International Program Committee Member, International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems and Informatics (AISI2021), Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 2021
- Scientific Program Committee, Machine Learning for Medical Image Recon. (MLMIR2021) workshop, MICCAI 2021, Strasbourg, France, Oct. 2021
- Guest Editor of Special Issue (Coronavirus & Photonics) at the Arabian Journal of Scientific Research, Mar. 2021
- Program Co-Chair, The 10th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering (ICSIE 2021), Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 2021
- Technical Program Committee Member, The 10th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB 2021), Suzhou, China, Nov. 2021
- Scientific Program Committee, Machine Learning for Medical Image Reconstruction (MLMIR2020) workshop, MICCAI 2020, Lima, Peru, Oct. 2020
- Technical Program Committee Member, The 9th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB 2020), Suzhou, China, Nov. 2020
- Program Co-Chair, The 9th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering (ICSIE 2020), Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 2020
- Co-Chairman of task force group ``Uncertainty of low-frequency dosimetry in segmented models”, IEEE International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES), Oct. 2019
- Session Chair, IEEE ICIP 2019, Taipei, Taiwan, 22-25 Sept. 2019
- Scientific Programme Committee, Machine Learning for Medical Image Reconstruction (MLMIR2019) workshop, MICCAI 2019, Shenzhen, China, Oct. 2019
- Technical Committee Member, International Conference on Computer and Applications (ICCA 2019), Lebanon, 2019
- Technical Committee Member, International Conference on Network Technology (ICNT2019), Cairo, Egypt, 9-12 Apr. 2019
- Technical Committee Member, International Conference on Software and Information Engineering (ICSIE 2019), 9-12 Apr. 2019, Cairo, Egypt
- Technical Committee Member, International Conference on Computer and Applications (ICCA 2018), Lebanon, 2018
- Technical Committee Member, The 1st International Conference on Advanced Computer Communication and Informatics (ACCI2018), Ismailia, Egypt, 12-13 May 2018
- Scientific Programme Committee, Machine Learning for Medical Image Reconstruction (MLMIR2018) workshop, MICCAI 2018, Granada, Spain, Sept. 2018 (Proceedings)
- Technical Committee Member, International Conference on Network Technology (ICNT2018), Cairo, Egypt, 4-6 May, 2018
- Technical Committee Member, 7th International Conference on Software and information Engineering (ICSIE2018), Cairo, Egypt, 4-6 May, 2018
- Scientific Committee Member, International Conference of Science and Science Management for Sustainable Development (SSMSD2017), Cairo, Egypt, 24-26 Oct., 2017
- Scientific Committee Member, Workshop on Computer Science Approaches and their Applications, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt, 16-17 July 2016
- Scientific Committee Member, Fourth Young Researchers Conference (YRC2017), Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 8-9 Apr. 2017
- Scientific Committee Member, Third Young Researchers Conference (YRC2016), Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 7-8 May 2016
- Scientific Committee Member, Second Young Researchers Conference (YRC2015), Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 24-25 Oct. 2015
- Scientific Committee Member, First Young Researchers Conference (YRC2012), Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, 6-8 Mar. 2013